AP Literature Verse (Genre) Flashcards
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| 8058842429 | Ballad | a narrative folk song | 0 | |
| 8058844565 | elegy | a type of literature defined as a song or poem, written in elegiac couplets, that expresses sorrow or lamentation, usually for one who has died | 1 | |
| 8058857465 | epic | a long poem in a lofty style about the exploits of heroic figures | 2 | |
| 8058862437 | lyric | a song-like poem written to express the feelings of emotions or thought from a particular person, generally short | 3 | |
| 8058872371 | narrative poem | a poem that tells a story | 4 | |
| 8058877709 | ode | usually a lyrical poem of moderate length, with a serious subject, an elevated style, and an elaborate stanza pattern | 5 | |
| 8058886873 | sonnet | a fixed form of 14 lines, normally in iambic pentameter, with a rhyme scheme conforming to or approximating one of two main types - Italian or English | 6 |